Keeping Score In Golf

British Open friendly to first-timers and greats alike

During the decade of Tiger, Phil, Ernie and Vijay, golf's majors were the playgrounds of the established, the proven and the closers. Players of that ilk and a handful of others dominated leaderboards at the four prime championships, giving Angus beef to the meaty thought that winning a major is something that must be learned before accomplished.

It's an assertion, however, that is under significant doubt as first-time winners -- some well-known and others virtually unknown -- are breaking through to win their first majors at a noticeable rate. And with the British Open Championship getting under way this morning at the historic Royal St. George's, it's a growing trend that very well may continue, considering the tournament's history of debuting promising and sometimes unexpected talent to the world.

Including Rory McIlroy's resplendent dominance in last month's U.S. Open at Congressional, seven of the past eight major champions have been first-time major winners -- a run dating back to Stewart Cink's victory at the 2009 British Open and one that has since been interrupted only by Phil Mickelson's 2010 Masters, his third win at Augusta and fourth career major title.

It's fair to debate whether this streak of first-timers registers as an anointing of a new generation of golfers looking to replace the old guard or is just a standard blip on the screen. On one side, the potential of Europeans Martin Kaymer (2010 PGA), Graeme McDowell (2010 U.S. Open) and McIlroy is undeniable. It's easy to see these three hoisting major trophies in the near future.

Yet on the far court, there are unknown major winners Charl Schwartzel (2010 Masters) and Louis Oosthuizen (2010 British Open) and veteran journeyman Cink and Tiger Woods-slayer Y.E. Yang (2009 PGA) who have broken through with somewhat questionable promise of doing so again.

Further complicating the discussion is the fact the world's two top-ranked players -- Luke Donald and Lee Westwood -- continue to search for a first major despite some close calls. In fact, a look at the world's top 10 reveals several players without a victory on golf's biggest stage, including Americans Steve Stricker, Matt Kuchar and Nick Watney.

Speaking of America, only two of its youngest players -- Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson -- have truly contended for a major championship during the past two years or so. In fact, few Americans of any age have won, much less contended, for majors recently. One has to go all the way back to Mickelson's victory at the 2010 Masters to find an American who won a major -- a stretch of five straight tournaments.

Better Methods to Reduce Your Golf Score

Article by Aaliyah Green

Some good players know how hit ball with his liking Callaway FT i-Brid Irons and reduce their scores. These golfers have beautiful golf swing and lower scores, so most of golfers would like to swing their Titleist AP2 Irons as a good golf pro. In this article, I would like to talk some golf tips. If you want to know much more information or jokes, you may read this funny article – Customer Review for Pickgf.com.

Are you a golfer? What is your situation? In the Tour Championship, you may see a lots of strange swing methods. Most of the golf swing methods would not look pretty, but the player always get much lower golf scores.

Some golf players would like to find good ways to have a beautiful golf swing, but these swing methods would not help you to get low golf scores. Others golf player may have good golf scores, but their swing methods does not look good, look just like an octopus dancing in the phone booth, for example, the swing method of Jim Furyk.

Do you need to upgrade your swing technology? Yes, but when the bell rang, you will naturally find ways to hit your golf ball with your R9 Fairway Wood. So when you play, you should not consider your swing is beautiful, because you only recognize the scorecard score, which only enjoy the lowest score to the ball into the hole.

Here are some ways to help you improve your scoring:

First, you may do some golf practice at first. You will know to find a good ways to resolve the worst situation.

Second, you may swing your PING G15 Fairway Wood to hit golf ball in front of the golf tee. If this way could not improve your golf swing skills, you should have no method will help to improve your golf swing.

Third, you should need to control the club face, the focus point of reversal and the swing plane. These are both important to improve your golf swing. If golf player can not coordinate these three factors, then he or she may only be a mediocre player forever.

You should get some useful tips from Colin Montgomerie. Although his swing plane angle and rotation were not good as Tiger Woods, no one would think that Colin Montgomerie is not a good golf player.

Golf scoring is the opposite of almost every other sport, because in golf, the lowest score wins. Find out how to keep score in golf with help from a professional golf instructor in this free video on golf basics. Expert: Conan Elliott Contact: www.teacherofchampions.com Bio: Conan Elliott has been the director of instruction at Camas Meadows Golf Club since January 2004.

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